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[Simplet]

Are you sure this is the law in France? I imagine this sort of thing varies on a country by country basis.

I once found 400 euros in bills of 10 and 20 euros just blowing in the wind outside my former high school. Once I finished chasing them all, I brought them to the local police station. A year later I came back and collected my money.

 

[Salvor.Hardin]

I guess he didn't have any need for vengeance.

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[Forkball]

Because they'll be easy to turn into useful currency.

What part of bling don't you understand?

I wish I could find treasure one day. Not lame, metaphorical treasure like appreciating the beauty of nature via a sunset. I'm talking doubloons here.

 

[Raiden]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VRr9NG7RE0

 

[evilromero]

Not sure why I read that as Matt LeBlanc at first. But it got my attention.

 

[shuri]

Buried jewels on a mountain that nobody is looking for anymore and he hands them in. What an idiot

Have fun getting paid for those gems without having to deal with some especially shady folks

 

[Deleted member 13876]

With a bit of luck, he'll be able to auction them at a Christie's rather than sell them for below-market prices to some shady gemcutter.

Missed that sentence.

 

[FreeMufasa]

Smfh.....

Always cringe when ppl hand shit they found in.

 

[Diamond]

Not sure why I read that as Matt LeBlanc at first. But it got my attention.

 

[everyday math]

Hahah good one.

 

[Liberty4all]

Have fun getting paid for those gems without having to deal with some especially shady folks

It's really not that hard. Most cities have dozens of independent jeweller shops, all of which will be happy to buy gems, gold, etc off of you.

 

[alterno69]

It's really not that hard. Most cities have dozens of independent jeweller shops, all of which will be happy to buy gems, gold, etc off of you.

I'm guessing it is pretty hard to take said jewels with you through an airport custom is it no?

 

[Stitch]

How do you even begin to sell gems and rubys and shit? Go to the guys from Pawn Stars?

Spoiler

I love this dumb show

 

[Dr. Zoidberg]

Props for the dude's honesty, I cant say I wouldnt have kept 2-3 for myself.

How would we know if he did?

 

[ComputerMKII]

In related news:

Briton dies in fall near summit of Mont Blanc

A Briton has plunged 1000ft to his death in the French Alps after scaling Mont Blanc on a section dubbed "the corridor of death".

Five Britons are among the missing after an avalanche hit the Mont Blanc range of the French Alps, which killed at least nine people.

The 30-year-old man was with three friends on the Goûter corridor, a popular access route to Mont Blanc, when he "lost his balance," according to police.
Mountain police were alerted at 9.30am on Saturday. A rescue helicopter quickly located the man but he had died at the scene.
The man was on holiday in France with eight friends. They had not employed a guide, and had summitted Mont Blanc's 15,781ft peak on Friday afternoon.
Five of the party then climbed down and returned to the French town of Chamonix, which sits at the foot of Mont Blanc.
The other four had climbed down to a high mountain refuge, which is at an altitude of about 12,600ft, where they stayed the night on Friday and then continued their descent on Saturday morning.

The man was at an altitude of 11,155ft when he fell.

A police spokesman said: "The group had summitted Mont Blanc the day before. The men were on their way back down the mountain.
"They did not have a guide with them and they were not roped together. The section where the man fell is a dangerous section. There are rock falls. But we do not believe he was hit by a rock. We believe he lost his balance and footing and fell. He fell 300 metres down.
"The weather was fine.
"Mont Blanc is not an easy ascent or descent. We would always recommend taking a guide.
"The man was British and was part of a group of nine men who had travelled from the UK to climb Mont Blanc."
About 20,000 people attempt to scale Mont Blanc every year. The Goûter corridor is the most popular classic route for those climbing western Europe's highest peak but it is a dangerous area because of frequent rock falls, hence it being known locally as "the corridor of death".
There are on average 100 deaths each year in Mont Blanc massif mountain range.
The death is the latest in a string of accidental deaths in the Alps.
Earlier this month an 80-year-old Brazilian climber died in a fall in the same area. And in August, Felicity Ward, a teaching assistant from Devon, suffered a fatal fall of more than 300ft while walking near the top of the Col de la Vaurze in the Isère region of south-eastern France. A 76-year-old British woman also died last month after losing her footing and falling in the Swiss Alps.
Meanwhile two Italian women died on 13 August after being hit by falling ice that triggered an avalanche while they were climbing the Massif de Mont Blanc. The pair were swept into a crevasse and buried in snow.
A spokesperson for the Foreign Office said: "We are aware of the death of a British national in France on 21 September. We are providing consular assistance at this difficult time."
Mont Blanc has the highest fatality rate of any mountain in Europe. But despite being the tallest in western Europe it is not considered difficult to climb technically. Thousands of amateur climbers with little mountaineering experience tackle the climb each year.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...n-dies-in-fall-near-summit-of-Mont-Blanc.html

 

[1cmanny1]

He must be already rich.

 

[Ingueferroque]

He gave it to the police........

The gems didn't belong to them either. I guess he didn't need the money?

 

[Deleted member 10571]

Good for him giving it back! He probably won't get banned from Mount Blanc.

 

[Coreda]

Not sure why I read that as Matt LeBlanc at first. But it got my attention.

You're not the only one lol

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Cant believe he turned them in...
I mean if it was someones wallet with money in it then yeah I would give it back every penny.
But this was actual damn treasure, I would have pocketed some at least.

 

[ZeroGravity]

A French climber was left stunned when he stumbled across a metal box on a Mont Blanc glacier that was filled with emeralds, rubies and sapphires worth hundreds of thousands of euros, it was reported on Thursday.

Shame he found the worst generation of Pokemon games in there.

 

[polyh3dron]

So now it'll go to some other people who it doesn't belong to since this is from like the 1950s. Nice going, treasure hunter.